reinstalling windows xp

[Guest]

Hi everyone out there in cyberworld. i will be reinstalling my windows xp -
home edition and would like to know if there are any pitfalls i should look
out for... i will be loading all pertinent files onto a back up disc... this
will be my first attempt at this operation.. wish me luck...and maybe a
prayer for our troops in the middle east.. thanks ger

 

[Ted Zieglar]

Are you re-installing or clean installing?

The web has extensive information on both topics.

 

[John Barnett MVP]

If you are doing a clean install - that is formatting the drive and then
installing XP - then i have an illustrated guide on my website
http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Click the Win XP Faq button and take a look
at question 85 For a re-install or 'repair' see question 55. Both these
questions assume you have a retail copy of the windows XP CD. With recovery
disks you don't actually get much choice, you simply put the CD into the
CD-ROm, reboot click a few options and the CD does the rest. With any clean
install i would suggest that you remove any USB based hardware - modem,
printer, etc. If you have a serial port printer i would remove that too. The
only other thing you need is drivers for your hardware. Make sure you have
them ready for when you start plugging everything back in again.


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John Barnett MVP
Associate Expert
http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org

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